An early build of Windows 8 has fallen onto the black market of the web: the torrent sites. This early early build of Windows 8 (M1, build 7850; a very early build indeed) was compiled on the 22nd ...

Update 2: A pre-release Windows 8 build leaked late last week, which shows Microsoft moving steadily towards the beta milestone. The build unveils Microsoft’s ideas of using the Office Ribbon UI in ...

Considering that 2012 will be the year of Microsoft’s dramatic upgrade to Windows 8, one might have thought the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show last week would be filled with prospective ...

At the Build conference in San Francisco, Microsoft has unveiled Windows 8.1. The Windows 8.1 preview is available to download and install right away, and it will be a free upgrade for Windows 8 users ...

Windows 8 to get better crash-detection features, a 3G/Wi-Fi/WWAN Cost Limiter and (gasp!) a taskbar with multi-monitor support. Late last month, I spent some time digging into an early Windows 8 ...

More new Windows 8 features have been leaked. Speedier boot-up times and cloud-syncing capability will be built into Windows 8, which you'll be able to carry around with you on a memory stick. Richard ...

Windows 8, the next version of Microsoft’s PC operating system, will be a radical change for people who pick it up for the first time, with a primary screen based on tiles similar to the Windows Phone ...

Whenever Microsoft releases a new desktop operating system, users inevitably ponder the purchase or assembly of a new system. Although Windows 8’s controversial interface changes and obvious ...